Polynices

The reason why Creon forbid the burial of Polynices was because he was a traitor for fighting against his own brother and the people of Thebes, his own home.After Creon forbid the burial of Polynices Antigone became very mad at Creon and decided to bury him herself even if it was against the law. Antigone asked her sister Ismene for help but Ismene was scared to go against

reverence, not demise. When stuck between defying her uncle Creon’s law and doing what she knew to be morally right, Antigone was not dissuade by danger. She was the definition of courageous! She shows even more bravery when she is caught burying Polynices, and is still not deterred. Her resolve is ever unfaltering, and even seems to grow stronger as the consequences of her actions become reality. She can be quoted saying “And if I have to die for this pure crime, I am content, for I shall rest beside

The works of ancient Greece stand undeniably as a cornerstone of world literature. The stories told from generation to generation, only getting vaster in complexity and detail. These stories, epics, and tales all display common traits of ancient literature. One of the most common traits for ancient Greek literature shows the gods and their interactions with humans develop the center point of the storyline, letting the story spread outward from their meddling and mischief towards the mortals. In some

will be Antigone by Sophocles, and translated by Ruby Blondell. After Antigone’s brothers, Eteocles and Polynices battle for the throne of Thebes, they both die and their uncle Creon becomes king. Creon sends orders that Eteocles be buried while Polynices, the invader be left to rot. Additionally, Creon insist that whoever tries to bury Polynices should also be put to death. Antigone buries Polynices anyways resulting in Creon sentencing her to death. Instead, Antigone commits suicide causing the suicide

Eteocles and Polynices battled on opposite sides of a war and both died. Creon is on Eteocle’s side, and believes that Polynice was a traitor. Antigone brings back both brothers to partake in a proper burial; by divine law it is demanded that everyone should have a burial. Creon demands that Polynices shall not be buried, and anyone who buries him will be punished by death. By saying that, Creon believes that his rules are more important than God’s. Creon learns from a Sentry that Polynices is buried

laws of her society or honoring her brother Polynices’ death, Antigone’s choice was a difficult one. In the play Antigone, written by Sophocles, there is a feud between choosing to do the right and wrong thing. On one hand, moral beliefs pull Antigone closer to disobeying law. On the other hand, fear of disrespecting what is left of her family keeps her on the edge of making a decision. Her uncle Creon, also known as the King of Thebes, believes that Polynices betrayed the country and does not deserve

9. In the passage, it seems like everyone that was around Oedipus and his daughter Antigone was just staring at them the moment they arrived at the Colonus. The passage as well describes how there were maids just staring at them wondering why they came back as if they don’t want them to be there. The surroundings were gossiping about Oedipus arrival that he is the cause why there are bad things that are happening at Thebes. Everyone at Colunos seems to know the whole story about Oedipus. After

uncle he didn’t know he had. Creon said that whoever killed the Sphinx would become king. Oedipus met Jocasta and they were married, unknowingly completely fulfilling the prophecy. The new king had fathered four kids with his mother: Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone and Ismene. Years later, a plagued smothered the land. Oedipus sent Creon to the Oracle to find out why. The Oracle told Creon it was because Laius’ killer (his first son) hadn’t been caught. Oedipus ordered a search for everyone to help

In the Sophocles Tragedies the role of seers or prophets play a very important, major role. These prophets or seers even help decide the fate, outcome, and actions of all the main characters. The main struggle the characters in both “King Oedipus” and “Antigone” face is to either to believe, disregard, or avoid the prophecies that the prophets have give them. The characters desires to avoid the prophecies show how much fear the characters had in prophets because not matter how hard the characters

make the play directly apply to Ancient Greece, and to provide cultural insight. When Antigone makes the decision to bury her brother, Polynices, she is going against the man-made law of Creon and following the religious beliefs of the Gods. To summarize Sophocles’ Antigone, a tragedy, would include the introduction of Antigone's two brothers, Eteocles, and Polynices, who came into rule of Thebes after Oedipus, their father's death, both brothers received a prophecy predicting the two will